What is CVE-2017-8896?

CVE-2017-8896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Owncloud, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-8896?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-8896 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Owncloud

CVE-2017-8896

ownCloud Server before 8.2.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.10, 9.1.x before 9.1.6, and 10.0.x before 10.0.2 are vulnerable to XSS on error pages by injecting code in url parameters.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Owncloud
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8896?: CVE-2017-8896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Owncloud, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-8896?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8896 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.